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Old 04-12-07 | 02:06 PM
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"Wisdom is a variable possession. Every man is wise when pursued by a mad dog, fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion".
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Old 04-12-07 | 02:41 PM
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Correct!
Is there a prize involved?
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Old 04-12-07 | 03:04 PM
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There most surely is....."nothing"
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Old 04-12-07 | 05:45 PM
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Old 04-12-07 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Jet Travis
Like a wheel within a wheel.
Never ending or beginning,
On an ever spinning wheel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnaval balloon
Like a carousell that's turning
Running rings around the moon
Man, oh man, that's an oldy. I always liked it.

This is the postest wif da mostest!
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Old 04-12-07 | 11:08 PM
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The universe is unbounded but finite, as if you were a lonely molecule on a basketball. You will travel forever, never seeing anything twice in exactly the same way, yet your travels are limited by the universe presented to you in the form of a giant basketball. And your journey will never end.

Unless you get tired and bag the whole thing.
Is it my imagination, or is this basketball getting warmer? ? ?
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Old 04-13-07 | 12:46 AM
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Dang. Who's the fool who put me back in my childhood again, eating cereal in front of the tv?
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Old 04-13-07 | 05:29 AM
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Dang. Who's the fool who put me back in my childhood again, eating cereal in front of the tv?

K-E double L

Oh double good!

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Old 04-13-07 | 05:38 AM
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Oh,

I wish I were an

Oscar Mayer Wiener!

That is what I truly

want to Be..ee..ee.
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Old 04-13-07 | 10:03 AM
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Old 04-13-07 | 10:32 AM
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Hiya kiddies........this is my dog, Tide....... we live in a shoe. Plunk your magic twanger froggy!

YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY! YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!
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Old 04-13-07 | 10:34 AM
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What was the St. Bernard's name in the Topper tv show??
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Old 04-13-07 | 11:05 AM
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Old 04-13-07 | 11:22 AM
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Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should...




L.S.M.F.T.

(Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco)
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Old 04-13-07 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Thrifty1
What was the St. Bernard's name in the Topper tv show??
Neil. I suppose the prize for this is a great big nothing, too.
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Old 04-13-07 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Jet Travis
Is there a prize involved?
Originally Posted by maddmaxx
There most surely is....."nothing"
Correct! This is the "nothing" thread, after all...
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Old 04-13-07 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Jet Travis
Neil. I suppose the prize for this is a great big nothing, too.

Thanks JT.......no contest....I just couldn't remember.
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Old 04-13-07 | 11:59 AM
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Old 04-13-07 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Thrifty1
Hiya kiddies........this is my dog, Tide....... we live in a shoe. Plunk your magic twanger froggy!

YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY! YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!
And you could get your feet x-rayed in the store before you bought those shoes!
https://www.mtn.org/quack/devices/shoexray.htm
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Old 04-13-07 | 12:17 PM
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And you could get your feet x-rayed in the store before you bought those shoes!
https://www.mtn.org/quack/devices/shoexray.htm
YES!!!! I had forgotten about that.....I remember that I was never tall enough to have my feet in the "hole/slot" and see the screen. You would put the Buster Brown shoes on and verify the fit via the x-ray......
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Old 04-13-07 | 01:26 PM
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Pol Parrot! Pol Parrot!
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They'll make your feet run faster
As fast as I can fly!
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Old 04-13-07 | 01:40 PM
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The car with the "Forward Look"
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Old 04-13-07 | 01:46 PM
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The car with the "Forward Look"
You mean this one? The one in the middle?

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Old 04-13-07 | 01:47 PM
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Old 04-13-07 | 02:02 PM
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